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L. F. WETZELL.

ADVERTISING SHOW STAND.

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L. F. WETZELL.

ADVERTISING SHOW STAND.

No. 366,441. Patented July 12, 1887.

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LOUIS F. \VEIZELL, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

ADVERTISING SHOW-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,441, dated July 12,1887.

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To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, LOUIS F. \VETZELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlanta, in the count-y of Fulton and State of Georgia, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Advertising Show-Stands, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has for its objects to provide a novel and attractiveshow-stand for storewindows, to display jewelry, watches, diamonds, andother merchandise, and also for use as a toy for children, to provide anovel advertising show and clock stand for display ing jewelry and otherarticles and indicating time, and to provide an advertising show-standor atoy inimitation of the figure of an elephant bearing the figure of aperson as a driver, wherein the arm of the latter is moved as ifspearing the elephant and the trunk of the latter is raised and extendedin advance of the elephant/s head to attract attention and ex hibit anyarticles, such as diamonds or a business-card, secured therein in anysuitable manner. These objects I accomplish in the manner and by themeans hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of theshowstand with the trunk of the elephant hanging down; Fig. 2, avertical sectional view with the trunk raised; and Fig. 3, a detailsectional view, on a larger scale, of a part of the trunk, more clearlyshowing its construction.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I will now describe the same in detail, referring to thedrawings, where- The numeral 1 indicates the body of the show-stand,constructed in imitation of an elephant, and made of any suitablematerial such as molded pulp, plaster-of-paris, or metaland painted innatural colors, but preferably covered with plush, velvet, or coloredcloth. As shown, the body carries a plush or other robe, 2, and on thebody, which latter, for convenienee, I will hereinafter term theelephant, is mounted a canopied car, 3, con taining the figure of afemale. 011 the neck of the elephant is seated a figure, 4, inrepresentation of a negro driver, having a movable arm, 5, carrying aspear, 6, operated as hereinafter explained. The trunk of the elephantis composed of blocks or sections 7, of cork or other light material,hinged or pivoted to gethcr, as at 8, and each section is beveled at theoutside of its ends, as at 9, and provided with eyes or rings 10,through which, on the outer side or front of the trunk, passes a cord,11, secured to the lower or nose section, as at 12. The trunk entire ispivoted to the head of the elephant, and the construction is such thatwhen the cord is drawn the trunk is raised and extended in advance ofthe elephants head, which movements are permitted by the hinged andbeveled trunk-sections.

The cord 11 passes over a pulley or guide, 13, above the trunk, and isconnected with a forwardlyprojecting arm, 14-, on a swinging arm, 15,secured at its upper end to a rockshaft, 16, journaled in bearings onstandards 17. The arm 15 is connected by a pitman,18,with a crank-arm,19, mounted on the wrist-pin of a wheel, 21, constituting apart of andrevolved by a spring clock gearing contained in a frame, 22'. To therock-shaft 16 is fixed a rearward-projecting rod, 23, carrying at itslower end a lever, 24, which is pivoted intermediate its ends, as at 25,one end, 26, of the lever being attached to a cord, 27, extending upwardover a guide or pulley, 28, to a lever, 29, which swings the movable arm5 of the figure 4. The other end, 30, of the lever 2 L is adapted to beoperated on by pins 31, projecting from a wheel, 32, geared to andrevolved by the wheel 21. While the ele phants trunk is hanging down,the rotation of wheel 32 by its pins 31 vibrates the lever 24, andthereby raises and lowers the drivers arm in imitation of spearing theanimal, the

drivers arm being raised by the pin-wheel, levers, and cord and droppingby gravity. In the meantime the revolution of wheel 21 by the crank-armand pitman moves the swinging arm 15 rearward, thus drawing the cord 11,and causing the trunk to slowly rise and extend itself in advance of theelephants head. The rearward movement of the swing ing arm 15 turns therock-shaft and moves the rod 23, and carries the end of the le ver 24out of the path of the pins on the pinwheel, in consequence of which thearm of the driver remains stationary until the trunk again descends bythe continued rotation of the wheel 21. In order to facilitate theascent of the trunk, the rock-shaft is provided with an arm, 33,carrying a weight, 34, the tendency of which is to throw the arm 15rearward.

The driving mechanism is inclosed within a box, 35, inserted in theelephants body, and such boX-mayhavea hinged door at one side, concealedunder the plush robe, for gaining access to the Working parts.

If desired, the arm of the female figure in the canopied car may bemoved as though fanning, by'means such as are employed to operate themovable arm of the driver. side of the elephant, as shown in Fig. 1, isprovided with a clock or other time-piece to indicate the time.

Any and all parts of the elephants, body, and even the trunk,areprovided with hooks 36,01 other suitable devices or means forsupporting watches, rings, or other articles,while scarf-pins, brooches,and the like can be stuck in the plush robe or other covering on theelephant. The goods can also be laid on top of the elephants body andhead and be thereby exhibited.

The device can be used simply as a toy, and will afford much amusementto children.

The invention may be used in connection with representations of otheranimals,for raising and lowering their necks and heads.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination,with the body, in the form of an elephant, of the trunk pivoted to thehead and composed of a series of blocks pivoted to each other, aeordpassing along the pivoted sections, and means for operating thecord,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the body, in the form of an elephant, of thetrunk pivoted to the headand composed of a series of blocks pivotedLtoeach other, and having eyes on their outer sides, a cord passing throughsaid eyes and connected with the lower part of the trunk, and means fordrawing the cord and extending the trunk in advance of the head of thebody, substantially'as described.

The

3. The combination, with the body, in'the form of an'elephant, of thetrunk piyoted to the head and composed of a series of looselyconnectedblocks having eyes on their outer sides, a cord passing through saideyes and connected with the lower part of the trunk a pivotedswingingarm, to which the cord is connected,clock mechanism,and a pitmanconnecting said arm with a rotating wheel of the clock mechanism,substantially as descr1bed.

4. The combination, with the body, in the form of an elephant, of thetrunk pivoted to the head and composed of a series of looselyconnectedblocks having eyes, a cord passlng through said eyes, a swinging armhavlng a weight connected therewith, a clock mechanism, and a pitmanconnecting the weighted arm with a rotating wheel of the clockmechanism, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the body, in the form of an elephant, of thehinged trunk composed of a series of blocks having beveled ends, pivotedtogether and provided on their outer sides with eyes, a cord passingthrough said eyes, and means, substantially as described, for operatingthe-cord to raise and extend the trunk in advance of the head of thebody.

6. The combination .of the body,in the form of an elephant, having atrunk composed of blocks hinged together, a cord passing along theblocks, a swinging arm, to which the cord is secured, clock-gearing foroperating said swinging arm, a figure on the body, having a pivoted arm,a cord connected with said swinging arm, and a pivoted-lever connectedwith the-latter cord and intermittently operated by the clock-gearing toraise the arm of the figure,

- substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

Louis WETZELL.

\Vitnesses:

A. F. PIOKERT, JULIUs MENKo.

